[OPLINLIST] Introduction to Institutional Data Repositories: WebEX in Blue Ash

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  Introduction to Institutional Data Repositories
  <http://www.swonlibraries.org/register?a=selectmember&id=1264&rate=cost1&sponsor=SouthWest%20Ohio%20and%20Neighboring%20Libraries>

Co-Sponsored by the Special Libraries Association: Cincinnati Chapter 
<http://units.sla.org/chapter/ccin/index.asp>


      Date

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008


      Time

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.


      Location

SWON Libraries Office


      Speaker(s)

*Michael Witt* is the Interdisciplinary Research Librarian and an 
assistant professor of library science for the Purdue University 
Libraries and its Distributed Data Curation Center 
(http://d2c2.lib.purdue.edu). The approach of the D2C2 is to integrate 
librarians and the principles of library science into interdisciplinary 
research to solve problems related to curating research data in complex, 
distributed environments. He has conducted research, published, and 
presented nationally and internationally on topics related to digital 
libraries, institutional repositories, and scientific data curation. His 
M.L.S. is from the School of Library and Information Science at the 
Indianapolis campus of Indiana University.


      Description

* PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS DELIVERED THROUGH WEB CONFERENCING TO THE 
SWON LIBRARIES OFFICE.*

Institutional repositories- which are becoming commonplace at academic 
and research libraries, corporations, and government agencies-provide a 
platform for collecting, preserving, and providing access to 
publications electronically. As librarians move farther upstream in the 
research cycle, they find that many of the same skills and technologies 
can be applied to curating and archiving research data. Networked 
instrumentation, simulations, and other devices of computation are 
generating unprecedented amounts of data and information-much of which 
is poorly described and preserved, if at all-and potentially lost forever.

This seminar will use institutional repositories as a backdrop for 
learning and applying basic data curation concepts. Participants will 
explore a rationale for archiving and sharing data and a role for 
librarians in collaborating to address the data deluge. We will examine 
current, general-use data-sharing services such as Swivel and Freebase, 
as well as a variety of specific disciplinary and institutional data 
archives and projects. Participants will be able to determine if an 
institutional data repository is appropriate for their organizations and 
get tips for starting one.

*Critical Learning Questions*

What are the basic concepts of institutional data repositories?

What is the rationale for archiving and sharing research data?

How are new technologies affecting science and knowledge generation, and 
what is cyber infrastructure?

How can librarians collaborate to meet the needs of researchers by 
collecting, preserving, and providing access to research data?

What are some of the issues and challenges related to institutional data 
repositories, including metadata, ingest and scale, preservation, 
intellectual property, access control, and policies?

Does my organization need an institutional data repository?

*Additional Reading*

Before the presentation, attendees should read /The Power of Babble/, by 
Jonathon Keats, Wired issue 15.04.

*Other Suggested Reading*

/To Stand the Test of Time: Long-Term Stewardship of Digital Data Sets 
in Science and Engineering/, Association of Research Libraries, ARL/NSF 
Workshop on Long-Term Stewardship of Digital Data Collections, September 
2006.

/Towards 2020 Science/, Microsoft Research, March 2006.

Tony Hey, Anne Trefethen. /The Data Deluge: An e-Science Perspective/, 
UK e-Science Core Program, January 2003.//


      //Meal//

//Light snacks will be provided//


      //Audience//

//This seminar is designed for info pros whose work supports research 
and development and who are interested in curating science data as a 
part of their institutional repository and collection or 
knowledge-management responsibilities. Participants do not need to have 
experience with institutional repository software or programming to 
particpate. Familiarity with institutional repository and digital 
library concepts and principles is helpful but not required for this 
introductory seminar. //


      //Contributing Member of SWON Libraries//

//$10 //


      //Friend of SWON Libraries//

//$10 //


      //Contributing Member of NEO-RLS, NORWELD, or SERLS//

//$10 //


      //Other//

//$20 //

//The deadline to register is Wednesday, February 20th, 2008//



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